Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced to prevent attempts to overthrow the government undertaken during yesterday’s protests against the results of elections to local authorities.
speaking at the government building in the capital of Tbilisi, the head of the Cabinet noted that the group, which was separated from the protest of the protest against the final elections, She committed a crime against the state, trying to illegally seize the Presidential Palace.
Prime Minister noted that those who entered the streets of Tbilisi sought for a violent change of power. “The state prevented this attempt. Violence was massive and large -scale. Certain persons will undoubtedly be held accountable,” Kobahidze emphasized.
He said that the police detained the organizers of the action: the famous Georgian opera singer Paatu Burchuladze, Murata Beridze and Paatu Paatu Manzhgalangze.
Some opposition parties of Georgia, which do not recognize the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2024, announced yesterday’s local elections to the local governments illegitimate and organized a protest in Tbilisi.
“since October 4 we do not recognize the government. Higher officials should be devoted to senior officials. The folk justice, ”said one of the leaders of the action, the opera singer Paata Burchuladze, speaking to the thousands of those gathered in the Square of Freedom.
representative of the party“ The Unified National Movement ”Murat Zelau called the demonstrators to“ capture ”the Presidential Palace. The response of the President went to the president’s residence, where she tried to break through the guard perimeter, and hea I ran into the police.
When the protesters began to throw stones and bottles of water into the security forces, special units used tear gas. Vodoettes who dispersed the barricades erected by activists arrived at the place. The clashes continued on Orbeliani Square, where the police restored control. 21 policeman and 6 demonstrators were injured in skirmishes.
The results of local elections showed the victory of the ruling party “Georgian Dream” in all municipalities of the country.